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compliance with the requirements of this subchapter and the | | requirements for gasoline vapor control in rules adopted under | | section 585-A.__The owner shall submit annual inspection | | results to the department on or before July 1, 2007 and on or | | before July 1st annually thereafter.__The results must be | | recorded on a form provided by the department and must include | | a certification statement, signed by an underground storage | | tank inspector or an underground oil storage tank installer | | certified by the Board of Underground Oil Tank Installers | | under Title 32, chapter 104-A that the piping has been | | inspected and any deficiencies discovered during the | | inspection have been corrected.__The requirements of this | | paragraph may be enforced in the same manner as is provided | | for underground oil storage facilities under subsection 9. |
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| | | This subsection does not apply to tanks or piping at an oil | | terminal facility as defined in section 542, subsection 7. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §570-K, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1999, c. 334, §8, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Underground piping installation. All new and replacement | underground piping, whether replacement or new, | | after June 24, 1991 associated with an aboveground oil storage | | facility must be installed, operated, maintained and removed in | | accordance with sections 564, 565 and 566-A and all rules adopted | | by the board pursuant to sections 564, 565 and 566-A. Effective | | January 1, 2011, this subsection applies to underground piping | | installed before June 24, 1991 if the piping is associated with | | an aboveground tank used to store motor fuel. |
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| | | The bill requires aboveground motor fuel storage tanks that | | have underground piping to be registered with the Department of | | Environmental Protection, assessed an annual $35 registration fee | | and inspected annually in the same manner as is currently | | required for underground oil storage tanks. The bill also | | requires that, beginning January 1, 2011, underground piping | | installed at an aboveground motor fuel storage facility before | | June 24, 1991 meet the same leak detection requirements that | | apply to piping installed after that date. |
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